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Hi Mickey67. I have over 300 chickens, ducks, guineas, turkeys, quail, rescue cats and peacocks all living together on a rescue sanctuary farm that is solely protected by me and 4 LARGE BREED DOGS. All these fowl free range during the day and return to roost in trees or barns at night. My...

I don't know how to close this particular post since I am new to this website. Originally I posted that I had released 20 NEW guineas who seemed to be coming home injured. Then the thread took this crazy feeding thread. While I agree with EVERYTHING that EVERYONE says, it does not apply here...

Peacocks and quail eat the majority of the wild bird seed. The scratch goes to the chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. As to the guinea injuries I have about decided it has nothing to do with diet but is occurring when they try to climb through field wire instead of flying over it.

Chicks can eat a starter but ducklings should really be given the starter/grower because of the extra nutrients and the speed in which they grow.

Are your birds in a coop? I'm not clear as to how I am to feed the guineas separate when they eat in a community with 300+ other birds. They have several hundred acres of pasture land, hay fields and oak forests to habitat during the day. They come back to the roost at night because that is...

Certainly a possibility. I guess everything is possible with guineas. I'm beginning to think that they actually injure themselves by trying to climb through a field fence instead of flying over it.

They are Free-range so they only eat small portions of this every morning when all the other birds are released from their poultry barn.

We are an all natural farm. No sprays, insecticides, etc. They feed in the same pastures as all the other birds. Supplemental feed consists of wild bird feed, starter and layer crumbles and crushed corn. Biggest treat is crushed black sunflower seeds but that is for everone, wildlife...

Chickiemom. You are letting your keets free range? How old are they?

Please be patient. Next to the border Coliie, the Blue Healer is probably the best herd dog found. He barks because this is how he communicates. And he is SOOOOO loyal to his master.

We have a hobby farm where we have (today) about 300 fowl (and lots of furry animals, too), but as to the birds, we try to release our guinea fowl much the same as quail or pheasant or peafowl are released. We keep them caged long enough so that they will imprint on the farm and at the same...

I have a flock of guineas (20) who are about 4 months old and free range during the day and roost in my oaks at night. They get supplement feed daily. In the last 7 seven days, I have had one/day become unable to walk/fly. Today the first one died. Any ideas?

Thank you for clearing up a lot of the issues. I see where I was trying to give suggestions in a scenario where they would not work. Again, I apologize. But FYI, if raised together from chicks, then turkeys peacocks and guineas get along great and love to roost together.

And put the apron inside and outside the vertical fence. Double protection.

I hear what you are saying but normally this kinda POOR neighbor doesn't stop with just one animal. If they don't care for the animal, they are probably not feeding it either, so the dog only does what it knows to do to eat. How many more are we prepared to kill? I just hate killing a hungry...